Dutch Legislation

Chapter 6

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Powers and facilities of municipalities

Participation Act (Participatiewet) (Participatiewet) · Articles: 36

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Powers and facilities of municipalities

48 Article 48

Unless otherwise provided by this law, the assistance shall be granted free of charge.

49 Article 49

In deviation from Article 13, paragraph 1, subparagraph g, the municipal executive (college) may grant special assistance:

50 Article 50

The interested party who is the owner of a dwelling with associated land occupied by himself or his family, is entitled to assistance insofar as the…

51 Article 51

Special assistance for the costs of necessary durable consumer goods may be granted in the form of a loan or a guarantee, or in the form of an amount…

52 Article 52

The municipal executive (college) shall grant general assistance by way of an advance in the form of an interest-free loan no later than four weeks…

53 Article 53

If general assistance is granted over a period for which a benefit pursuant to the Unemployment Insurance Act (Werkloosheidswet), the Sickness…

53a Article 53a

Without prejudice to Article 30c, paragraphs 2, 4 and 5, of the Work and Income (Implementation Structure) Act, the municipal executive (college)…

54 Article 54

If the interested party has failed to provide the data relevant for the granting of assistance or the required items of evidence, has provided them…

55 Article 55

In addition to the obligations that are in any case attached to the assistance pursuant to Chapter 2, or are attached thereto by the municipal…

56a Article 56a

This Article applies to the interested party who:

57 Article 57

If and for as long as there are well-founded reasons to assume that the person concerned is unable to manage his means of subsistence in a…

58 Article 58

The municipal executive of the municipality that has granted the assistance shall recover the costs of assistance insofar as the assistance has been…

59 Article 59

Without prejudice to Article 58, costs of assistance, if the assistance is granted to a family, may be recovered from all family members.

60 Article 60

The person from whom costs of assistance are reclaimed is obliged, upon request, to provide the municipal executive (college) with the information…

60a Article 60a

If the person from whom the costs of assistance are recovered or who is obliged to pay an administrative fine receives general assistance or a…

60b Article 60b repealed
60c Article 60c

The municipal executive (college) shall not provide cooperation for a debt settlement if a claim has arisen due to the intentional or grossly…

61 Article 61

Costs of assistance may be recovered by the municipal executive (college) in the cases and according to the rules set forth in this paragraph.

62 Article 62

Costs of assistance may be recovered up to the limit of the obligation to provide maintenance, as referred to in Book 1 of the Civil Code (Burgerlijk…

62a Article 62a

In assessing the existence of the right of recourse, as referred to in Article 159a of Book 1 of the Civil Code or Article 62, and the extent of the…

62b Article 62b

If a judicial decision concerning maintenance due on the basis of Book 1 of the Civil Code which is enforceable is not complied with, recovery shall…

62c Article 62c

If the person who receives or has received assistance, and in respect of whom a recovery amount due has been determined by the court on the basis of…

62d Article 62d

The recovery amount determined by the court, due on the basis of Article 159a of Book 1 of the Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) or Article 62, shall…

62e Article 62e

The amount of recovery determined by the court may, at the petition of the municipal executive (college) or of the person against whom recovery is…

62f Article 62f

Costs of assistance may be recovered by the municipal executive (college) from:

62g Article 62g

The decision for recovery on the basis of this paragraph, other than by application of Article 62b, shall be communicated by the municipal executive…

62h Article 62h

Petitions regarding recovery in law pursuant to this paragraph, as well as petitions for the modification of a judicial recovery order, shall be…

62i Article 62i

Articles 58, paragraph 5, and 60, paragraphs 1 and 5 through 7, shall apply mutatis mutandis with regard to the recovery of costs of assistance, on…

63 Article 63

Everyone is obliged, upon request, and authorised, on their own initiative, to provide the municipal executive (college) free of charge with data and…

64 Article 64

The authorities listed below are obliged, upon request, to provide the municipal executive (college) or, if the municipal executive has granted a…

65 Article 65

Every person is prohibited from further disclosing anything that becomes apparent to him or is communicated to him concerning the person or affairs…

66 Article 66

The Municipal Executive is obliged, if in the execution of this Act it obtains a well-founded suspicion of a criminal offence committed to the…

67 Article 67

The Board is authorised on its own motion and required upon request, without prejudice to Article 107 of the Aliens Act 2000 (Vreemdelingenwet 2000)…

67a Article 67a

The Municipal Executive is authorised to process the data it has obtained for the performance of the tasks assigned to the Municipal Executive by or…

68 Article 68

In the provision of data by the municipal executive (college), the Netherlands Information Services Bureau (Bureau Informatiediensten Nederland), and…